Monthly Archives: August 2010

How to obtain the jele of a missing surface from SolidWorks

Jele are integers used to identify indiviual elements in a CATIA V4 model. Some elements are named (solids, mockup) but if you want to identify precisely a face jele is the way to go. This is not for day to … Continue reading

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Usability of translation results

I reply here to a very recurrent question about usability of models and the alternative to translating features. A customer asks : I am worried about the construction and use of the models. In CATIA we have a hierarchy of … Continue reading

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CATIA Translation quality taxonomy

I am collecting a list of common translation errors and suggesting a way to describe translation quality.    We are currently engaged in a large migration project combining ENOVIA PDM and CATIA V4 migration. The acceptance process of the geometric … Continue reading

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